familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
foreign enemy; outside invader
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
Rodentia (order comprising the rodents)
hamster (any rodent of subfamily Cricetinae)
to invite in; to show someone in
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
tea-ceremony procedures; skill at serving tea; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus); Djungarian hamster; Russian dwarf hamster
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
way of talking; speaking style
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)